ChiramiN4 kanji · 13 strokes
働 means work
働
亻 person · 動 move
働Real origin
A person who keeps moving (動): to work. Japan made this kanji itself.
Real origin: where the kanji comes from, as far as scholars agree.
Meaning and readings
- Meaning
- work
- JLPT level
- N4
- Strokes
- 13
- School grade
- Grade 4 in Japan
Japanese (kunyomi) はたらく hataraku
はたらく (hataraku) is the Japanese word for this kanji. You use it when the kanji stands alone or has kana after it. Dictionaries call this the kun reading.
From Chinese (onyomi) ドウ dou
ドウ (dou) came from Chinese with the character. You mostly hear it in words made of several kanji. Dictionaries call this the on reading.
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Common word
働く はたらく · hataraku
to work, to labor
Built from
- 亻 person
- 丿 a sweeping stroke
- 一 one
- 丨 a line
- 力 power
- 日 sun, day
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力 Used in 35 kanji
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What does 働 mean?
Right: 働 means work.Not quite: 働 means work.In 働く, which reading does 働 use?
Right. 働く is read はたらく (hataraku): 働 takes はたら, its Japanese reading, with く after it.Not quite. 働く is read はたらく (hataraku): 働 takes はたら, its Japanese reading, with く after it.